Legal Circle is an Indian legal outsourcing firm that provides a variety of high-quality, low-cost legal services to law firms and corporations globally. It has a team of highly skilled attorneys and professionals that deliver services such as legal research, litigation support, contract management, intellectual property support, and electronic discovery. Legal Circle prides itself on its excellence, ethics, data security, quality control processes, and cost savings for clients.
2. Company Overview
Legal Circle is an organization dedicated to provide
the highest levels of excellence in legal outsourcing
work. Drawing from the experience and knowledge
base of renowned lawyers of India's largest law firm
Fox Mandal Little, we have developed global best
practices for legal outsourcing. Legal Circle also
believes in following the highest standards of ethics
and corporate governance.
We have a dynamic, responsive and highly motivated team in all areas of services outlined
below. Our highly skilled teams of attorneys and engineers in India and the United States
deliver high quality legal and intellectual property support services to law firms and
corporations worldwide at low costs. Our management team collectively has over half a
century of litigation and transaction experience as attorneys, business advisors,
consultants and legal associates.
Heritage & Principle
Legal Circle has an amalgamation of lawyers and
professionals from fields that are associated with
law. We do understand our clients growing global
needs and assist them in their concern to have a
competitive edge in their businesses.
Our legal services team comprises of professional
support lawyers and technical specialists or domain
experts, exclusively dedicated to providing high
quality services.
Our lawyers have been selected from diverse legal backgrounds, with years of experience in
their respective fields, ensuring that all of our service areas are well resourced. Since its
establishment, Legal Circle has been known for its integrity, efficiency and a high degree of
senior management involvement, which shows our genuine respect for our clients.
Legal Circle places great emphasis on excellence of services. We understand the economics of
outsourcing, clients concerns for security, product information and the protection of
intellectual property. At Legal Circle we are unequivocally committed to addressing all these
concerns in the best possible manner.
3. Services we Provide
We aim to provide reliable world-class legal research services for lawyers that can help our
clients make informed critical judgments for their businesses. We strive to create a high quality
product, which is the combination of good drafting and thorough analysis. The customized legal
support services we offer are currently grouped into the following categories:
Legal Research:
At Legal Circle we focus primarily on back office work and legal research, drafting, utilizing both
primary and secondary resources to conduct our research. Our legal research services include
the following:
Case Law Research Foreign Law Research
Statutory Research Court Docket Sheet Research and Analysis
Client Biographies Legislative History Research
Research on Client’s Commercial Activities Compliance Research
Newsletter Content Professional Responsibility Research
New Lawsuit/Deal Updates Regulatory Research
Competitor Research and Analysis Market Research
New Client Research Patent Research
Strategic Industry Research Comparison of Laws
Client Resource Database Preparation Patentability Search
Multi-jurisdictional Surveys
Litigation Support / Back Office:
Legal Circle's team of professionals is trained to meet international legal drafting standards and
deliver cost effective and quality driven solutions to clients. Our litigation support and legal
back office services include:
Legal Brief Writing Legal Desktop Publishing
Legal Analysis & Memo Drafting Legal Claims Processing
Articles for Publication Word Processing/ Proofreading Services
Cause of Action Assessment Presentation Services
Drop-In Arguments for Briefs Research Services
Forum Selection Evaluation Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis
Memoranda of Law and Retrieval Services
Multi-jurisdictional Surveys Litigation Support Services
Pleading Drafts Electronic Document/Data Management Services
Trial Briefs and Supporting Memoranda Conversion Services
Personal Injury Issues Digital Dictation
Case Summaries Witness Kit Preparation
Legal Document Review Early Case Assessment Document Review
Our vision is to provide high-quality, low-cost expert legal research, transcription, drafting, legal
back office and patent-related services globally at best turnaround time in the industry with increased
efficiency and reduced costs for individual lawyers, leading law firms and legal departments of large
multi-national corporations.
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4. Services we Overview
Company Provide
Immigration:
Immigration is another emerging area for legal outsourcing. Legal Circle provides end-to-end
support in this area of law. Legal Circle lawyers are trained specifically in Lexis Nexis and relevant
software to provide excellent services and utmost satisfaction to the client.
Drafting of appeal briefs for the Board of Immigration Appeals
Drafting Family Petitions
Visa Documentations
Legal Research and Drafting of Legal Memorandum
Personal Injury:
Legal Circle has highly trained and responsive lawyers in the area of personal injury, who are
dedicated permanent employees of the organization. We assist our personal injury clients in the
following manner:
Preparation of trial by summarizing medical records and trial transcripts
Ascertaining any outstanding discovery and accordingly drafting Interrogatories and Request for
Production documents
Drafting Demand Letters or Pre Litigation Notice, Settlement Memo and Memorandum of Law
Assisting in performing legal research on any crucial or evidentiary issues and finding key cases for
judges and opposing counsel
Real Estate:
Legal Circle has the requisite trained manpower to handle real estate support services. There is
always a concerted corporate effort to render the highest standards of professional services in each
assignment undertaken by us in a cost effective manner. Our services include:
Landlord and tenant dispute-preparation of eviction packages
Legal documentation on Sale/Purchase/Lease of Property
Assisting in performing legal research on any crucial or evidentiary issues and finding key cases for
judges and opposing counsel
Drafting of motions with regard to foreclosure
The following are the areas which are covered under our Contract Management Services:
Preparing lease abstracts as per the clients style and requirement
Drafting and reviewing of lease agreements
Preparing due diligence report and checklist
Legal Audit:
Legal Audit and related services help acquaint the company with its various legal obligations and
protects the independent and nominee directors from adverse legal proceedings. In this area our
services include, but are not restricted to:
Due Diligence studies
Vetting and Analysis of documents, agreements, and material contracts
Title searches
Intellectual Property Audit
5. Services we Provide
Intellectual Property Support Services:
Legal Circle has used its expertise to provide “end to end” solutions across a large spectrum of
intellectual property support services for multinational corporate law departments and
international law firms. Our IP related service areas include:
Patents
Patentability Search and Reporting Competitor-Analysis / Competitor-Mapping
Freedom-To-Operate Studies Patent Portfolio Analysis
Infringement Suits Patent Mining and Administration
Patent Invalidation Studies Docketing
Technical Infringement Analysis IP Monitoring
IP Overlap Analysis Pre-merger Due Diligence Support
Patent Claims Mapping Royalty/Damages Analysis
Patent and Technology Landscaping Patent Application Preparation
Technology Assessment and Patent Illustration
Commercialization Analysis Format Drawings
Technology Database Creation (Searchable) Information Disclosure Statement (IDS)
Updates Regarding Renewal of Applications Preparation
and Licenses Accelerated Examination Search Reports
Preparation of Draft Responses to Office Preparation
Actions Drafting Cancellation Petitions
Trademarks & Copyright
Application Preparation Prepration of Suitable Replies to Any
Preparation of Audit Responses to Official Actions
Office Actions Oppositions
Logo Drawings Licensing and License Support Services
Preparation of Formalities Documents Assignment and Transmission
Renewal Document Preparation Documentation Work
Monitoring Examination Procedures of User Agreements
The Application
Electronic Discovery
Discovery of electronic records has become a central concern in litigation and government and
regulatory investigations. We, at Legal Circle, work with our clients to develop a reasonable,
responsible, and defensible plan for responding to the discovery needs of the client's matter. We
use a unique combination of cutting-edge technology, specially trained review lawyers,
multiple level QC and proven business processes to review and produce electronic documents.
In this area our services include, but are not restricted to:
OCR Processing
Subjective and Objective Coding
Document Review for Privilege, Confidentiality, Responsiveness and other Issue
Code Flagging
Document Redaction
Pitch Books Preparation
Public Information Books
Analyst Research Reports
Citation Checking
Digital Dictation
Digital Transcription
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6. Services we Provide
M & A Support and Contract Management Services
Our M&A and Contract Management Services team has lawyers who have professional degrees
from the best law colleges and have worked in some of the most prestigious law firms and
companies. In this category, our services include but are not restricted to the following:
In this area our services include, but are not restricted to:
Contract Drafting Preparation of Contract Templates
Contract Reviews Back Office Support
Contract Abstraction Monitoring of Licensing Obligations
Lease Abstraction Responses to RFI's / RFQ's
Creation of Virtual Contract Data Room Preparation of Confidentiality & Non-
Contract Summarization Disclosure Agreements
Translation Services Playbook creation and maintenance
Due Diligence Review/ Support Secretarial Support Services
Quality Control & Standard
Company Overview
We have a specialized 'Client Management System' (CMS) to help monitor the daily
progress of each project undertaken and meet strict target deadlines . The CMS also
helps in monitoring the productivity of all the employees of Legal Circle, as they are
required to record in their progress report on a daily basis. This is then systematically
analyzed and a second review is conducted. We also are in the process of attaining BS
7799 (the most widely recognized security standard in the world) and ISO-9001
certifications. We have a five-step quality control process that ensures the very best
quality in the industry. Further, we hope to conduct a Six Sigma audit within our
organization soon.
Data Security and Confidentiality
Client confidentiality and data security is at the forefront of Legal Circle's operations.
Some of the security measures undertaken by Legal Circle are as follows:
Password protection is provided for every computer and data;
Restricted access of client information to employee’s - only on need to know basis;
All data is monitored when received from clients and relayed to the team;
All employees are bound by confidentiality agreements;
Employment contract carries termination clause for any minor breach;
Physical Security Measures
Restricted access to the facilities of Legal Circle with proper identification;
Use of high-tech security systems with automatic locking features;
Monitoring camera located on floors to track employment movement;
7. Our Skills
Legal Circle can deal with queries in any area of law concerning both civil law as well as common law
jurisdictions. From document processing to complex research and paralegal services, we focus on
increasing productivity and delivering quality results. The legal research team at Legal Circle has been
specifically selected from a group of bright young lawyers, who then undergo extensive training conducted
by qualified and experienced U.S and U.K. attorneys. The researchers and paralegals have also been made
to undergo rigorous exercises in researching foreign law and in the international style of legal writing. We
have the necessary skills, along with access to the essential tools including INPADOC database, USPTO and
European Patent Office (including the UK PTO) database and other relevant subject matter databases.
The Legal Circle Advantage
Legal Circle does not practice law. We strive to deliver a high quality LPO product that makes our clients
satisfied and offer us repeated assignments. Legal Circle also has highly trained and responsive lawyers
who are permanent employees of the organization. We believe in ethical practices and follow strict
procedures of governance. Apart from this, Legal Circle also offers:
24*7 work operations;
Supervision of all work by foreign qualified lawyers from UK and the US;
Back to back contract with the largest law firm in India Fox Mandal Little to assure quality of work;
Translation services in Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, German, French;
Electronic discovery and documentation services Leave cover/ secretarial support;
Substantial cost saving for international clients through effective resource management;
Technical support of experts/ scientists from primer Indian institutes for patent related work;
Continuous training imparted to all employees so that they can upgrade their skills and are cost effective
resources; and
Flexible and client centric outsourcing model with provision to build support teams for in-house legal
departments, multinational law firms as well as individual attorneys/small law offices.
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8. Legal C rcle
FM House - II, A-8, Sector-9 Noida 201301 NCR of Delhi, India
Ph . +91 120 4077555 | Fax: +91 120 4077666 | Email: info@legalcircle.com
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